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If the flowers are not present, the plants are so wiry-looking that you might not notice them at all Read more about Flatrock Pimpernel at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Lindernia monticola
FAMILY
Linderniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lindernia monticola
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-09-004:
Lindernia monticola
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDING
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Lindernia saxicola
COMMON NAME:
Flatrock Pimpernel, Riverbank Pimpernel, False Pimpernel, Piedmont False-pimpernel
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JK Marlow jkm140426_614c
April Pickens County SC
Sepals linear-lanceolate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_lindernia_monticola
April
Flowers are 2-lipped: the upper lip is 2-lobed, the bottom 3-lobed, per Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops.
JK Marlow jkm060604_040
June Pickens County SC
A basal rosette of half-inch elliptic leaves, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
JK Marlow jkm0507k_05
July Greenville County SC
Wildcat Falls Wayside Park
Leaves primarily in basal rosette, stem lvs strongly reduced upward to bracts, per Weakley's Flora.
JK Marlow jkm0507k_06
July Greenville County SC
Wildcat Falls Wayside Park
The white to violet flowers are solitary, per Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops.